Ace has a great article about the recent suspension of Phil Robertson and the firing of Justine Sacco because of non-PC speech: A&E has the right to fire or suspend Robertson. So what? The argument is not about what people … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP] Commenter “Mrs Whatsit” observes: “In my lifetime I never thought I would see anything like this,” said [commenter] Mythx. Oh, me too. In the early 1980s one of my law professors (wish I could remember which one) cautioned … Continue reading →
Those of you who read this blog regularly probably know that gay marriage, pro or con, is not my issue. My basic stance is that states should be allowed to decide for themselves, but that states which follow the traditional … Continue reading →
Faced with a choice between relying on the Obamacare website or consulting a Navigator who has undergone no background check or ongoing monitoring, which would you choose? It seems as though the administration not only was initially uninterested in making … Continue reading →
There’s a portion of the NY Times article I discussed in my previous post that deserves a post of its own. Here’s the excerpt from the Times [emphasis mine]: …[M]any of the New York policies being canceled meet and often … Continue reading →
…this: They’re not even hiding it any longer: Citizens who dissent from government policy will be subject to harassment by the government’s law enforcement and para-law-enforcement shock troops. Here are more details: By now, the news has spread online, of … Continue reading →
One of the courses that George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley teaches is constitutional law. He is also an Obama supporter and a liberal, although he doesn’t always toe the party line. Turley certainly didn’t pull his punches in … Continue reading →
This article on his visit to Havana is one of the best—and one of the saddest—essays Michael Totten has ever written. Communism destroys nearly everything it touches, not just physically but emotionally and spiritually. Totten’s essay put me in mind … Continue reading →
I have a new post up at PJ on the topic of Obamacare and justice, winners and losers. Please comment here or comment there, or both.
Continue reading →On one level, the events of the last few weeks have been deeply satisfying. Who wouldn’t feel a certain vindication in seeing one’s predictions come true, and watch the perpetrators running for cover? But I’m having a lot of trouble … Continue reading →
…with their junk policies before Obamacare came along and fixed it for you. From an article in the WSJ by Edie Sundby, who suffers from gallbladder cancer and yet has outlived her original dire prognosis by years: Since March 2007 … Continue reading →
…quoted in this article by Ace should read Thomas Sowell’s Intellectuals and Society. But they won’t; they’re too smart for that. “Intellect is not wisdom,” wrote Sowell, and truer words were never spoken. The particular weakness of intellectual elites is … Continue reading →